"I am beyond frustrated and near tears. I had a reverse right shoulder replacement in 2016. Its being weird. And painful.
I had my surgery in another state. That surgeon retired 4 years ago.
I can't find an orthopedic doctor in my area that will simply evaluate the shoulder. "Our doctors won't work on another doctor's patients." This is well outside of my character but I hung up on the woman. Traveling back to my original orthopedic practice would be difficult for me. My rheumatologist has said that I need to increase my daily steroid dose to travel. Steroids do awful things to my blood pressure. Like land me in the ER.
Shouldn't health care be better? Easier? More compassionate?"